Race, Merit, and The Future of Our Republic | Heather Mac Donald

Published 2024-04-09
This is an excerpt from The Larry Arnn Show, in which Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn interviews author and scholar Heather Mac Donald. The two discuss the dangers created when American institutions abandon merit-based selection in favor of racial quotas, as detailed in her book When Race Trumps Merit. Later, Mac Donald breaks down the statistics reflecting the startling increase in violent crime in American cities. This interview was conducted on October 28th, 2023.

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By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.

All Comments (21)
  • @944gemma
    Heather is always really on it. We need more of her.
  • @sues3218
    Thank you Hillsdale College. I have used your Constitution 101 and Economics free courses in my homeschool curriculum. I am glad that you are also doing interviews like these, so I can warn my children of the manipulations out there, and to critically think through every situation. You are a blessing. God Bless.
  • @peterwalls3840
    This hits the nail and the head. Our society is dying if we do not change.
  • @leomurillo2478
    This is an extremely important conversation. I really hope that many people (across all spectrums-race, religion, ethnicity, etc.) would listen to Heather. I feel that we have entered the "Dark Ages" of our time and are entering the beginning of the end of western civilization.
  • I went to Catholic school, Latin for 4 years was required. I pursuaded mybson to take Latin also for 4 years and told him he would thank me. He actually did thank me while in college. He graduates this year from High Point University in NC. His dad and I always told him to love learning and not get caught up in grades. Thank you for these wonderful conversations and interviews. Heather MacDonald is superb.
  • @jackmagdiel1750
    I had a very positive experience at Hillsdale a couple of years ago. I was driving one of my big trucks and passed a student who interrupted his time and took me on a walking tour of campus. I was impressed with everything. I have retired, and so am of limited resources. I am still impressed. Thank you for what you do, and please stay in touch.
  • Please keep going on Heather &Larry the West needs you both watching you from Scotland.
  • @kyuhotae6410
    I appreciate the works of Ms. Mac Donald. She very much reminds me of James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling whose masterpiece, “Broken Windows” immediately comes to mind. She also reminds one of Professor Wilson’s 1993 work “The Moral Sense,” in particular. In today’s academia, conservatives like Ms. Mac Donald and Professors Wilson and Kelling stand out as rare luminaries who have made contributions to upholding American society! I also count Robert Heinlein, the conservative Science Fiction writer among the same. Myself, a Hillsdale College supporter, wholeheartedly thank Dr. Arn and the faculty for their dedication and excellence in American education! *
  • @rickm5853
    Having courage to say the truth is historically speaking not enough. Just ask those that signed the Declaration of Independence.
  • When I went to high school in California the schools were run by local districts and we ranked #1 in the nation. Then the state school board took over and the teacher's union dictated how the schools should be run. Now California ranks in bottom 20%.
  • @MsJoybird1
    Merit gives the human species a function that equality of the species cannot give! Human potential must be praised and given a nod to our creator!
  • Heather is a breath of fresh air. She is no nonsense and tells it like it is straight up. Many people have a hard time listening to her because she disassembles the DEI propaganda of oppressors and oppressed. Her recent book on the issue of the fall of meritocracy is perhaps the most important book written about race relations in the past half century.
  • @jedward635
    It’s always best for the facilitator to be quiet and let the guest shine.
  • @mkr4922
    When Heather speaks I listen. Pure common sense and truth. Don’t believe me? Read her books and gain knowledge.
  • @kreativwhim2239
    This was very interesting and eye opening. The gradual change isn’t going to be how we see fit for us! That’s the same mistake we made before.
  • Greetings from Quincy, Massachusetts. My teams have spent a few years studying the ultimate or penultimate results of preferences here. Including in the supermarket.
  • @chiefwaukon
    People will live down to our expectations every day..